Communicative efficiency: language structure and use
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Contents List of Figures List of Tables Preface Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Part I 1 Different Types of Efficiency in Language page x xii xv xvi xvii 1 Communicative Efficiency: Main Concepts 3 What Is Communicative Efficiency? Benefits and Costs in Communication How to Be Efficient? Three Principles of Efficient Communication ‘Good-Enough’ Efficiency Conclusions 3 8 18 23 29 34 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 2 Efficiency and Formal Length 2.1 Efficient Length Asymmetries 2.2 Accessibility of Referents and Length of Referential Expressions and Markers 2.3 Grammatical Coding Asymmetries and Splits 2.4 The Use and Omission of Clause Connectors 2.5 Same-Subject and Different-Subject Constructions 2.6 Zipfs Law of Abbreviation 2.7 Phonetic Reduction and Enhancement 2.8 Conclusions 3 Efficiency and the Order of Meaningful Elements 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 Efficient Order Factors Determining Efficiency of Order Cross-Linguistic Manifestations of Efficient Order Star Wars and Violations of Conventional Word Order Conclusions 36 36 37 46 50 55 57 61 65 66 66 66 76 90 93 vii
Contents viii 4 Other Ways of Saving Effort 95 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 Efficiency Beyond Coding Length and Word Order Preference for Accessible Units and Interpretations Analytic Support Horror Aequi, or Avoidance of Idenfity Entry Place for New Referents Conclusions 95 95 97 100 102 103 Efficiency and Language Evolution 105 Part II 5 Emergence of Efficient Language Patterns 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 5.8 6 Changes Leading to Efficient Patterns Efficiency-Driven Formal Reduction Efficiency-Driven Formal Enhancement Causal Models of Formal Reduction and Enhancement Suppletion, Compositionality and the Competition of Meanings for Forms Word Order Optimization A Note on Teleology Conclusions From Trade-Offs to Causal Networks 107 107 109 111 118 128 130 132 134 136 6.1 Trade-Offs in Linguistics 136 6.2 Problems with Trade-Offs 139 6.3 From the Trade-Off between Case Marking and Word Order to a Multivariate Causal Network 144 6.4 Conclusions 151 Partili 7 Efficient Form-Meaning Mapping in Causative Constructions 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 8 The Causative Continuum More Than Just Direct and Indirect Causation Competition between Formal Parameters Diachronic Evidence An Artificial Language Learning Experiment Conclusions Differential Case Marking and Efficiency 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 8.6 8.7 9 Case Studies Differential Case Marking Cross-Linguistic Generalizations Related to Differential Case Marking Explanations of Differential Case Marking Reverse Engineering: Cross-Linguistic Generalizations and Corpus Data Development of Differential Case Marking Experimental Evidence from
Artificial Languages Conclusions Efficient Use of Function Words in English Alternations 9.1 Construction-Filler Predictability and Efficiency 9.2 Stay (at) Home, Save Lives! 153 155 155 161 175 182 187 191 193 193 195 203 208 223 226 228 230 230 232
Contents 9.3 Efficient Use of Help (to) Infinitive 9.4 Alternation Go (and) Verb 9.5 Conclusions 10 Conclusions and Perspectives Appendices Appendix 1 List of Languages in the Typological Sample Used in Chapter 7 Appendix 2 Corpus Frequencies of Different A and P from Previous Studies Used in Chapter 8 References Index ix 234 240 244 245 250 251 253 256 288 |
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Contents List of Figures List of Tables Preface Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Part I 1 Different Types of Efficiency in Language page x xii xv xvi xvii 1 Communicative Efficiency: Main Concepts 3 What Is Communicative Efficiency? Benefits and Costs in Communication How to Be Efficient? Three Principles of Efficient Communication ‘Good-Enough’ Efficiency Conclusions 3 8 18 23 29 34 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 2 Efficiency and Formal Length 2.1 Efficient Length Asymmetries 2.2 Accessibility of Referents and Length of Referential Expressions and Markers 2.3 Grammatical Coding Asymmetries and Splits 2.4 The Use and Omission of Clause Connectors 2.5 Same-Subject and Different-Subject Constructions 2.6 Zipfs Law of Abbreviation 2.7 Phonetic Reduction and Enhancement 2.8 Conclusions 3 Efficiency and the Order of Meaningful Elements 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 Efficient Order Factors Determining Efficiency of Order Cross-Linguistic Manifestations of Efficient Order Star Wars and Violations of Conventional Word Order Conclusions 36 36 37 46 50 55 57 61 65 66 66 66 76 90 93 vii
Contents viii 4 Other Ways of Saving Effort 95 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 Efficiency Beyond Coding Length and Word Order Preference for Accessible Units and Interpretations Analytic Support Horror Aequi, or Avoidance of Idenfity Entry Place for New Referents Conclusions 95 95 97 100 102 103 Efficiency and Language Evolution 105 Part II 5 Emergence of Efficient Language Patterns 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 5.8 6 Changes Leading to Efficient Patterns Efficiency-Driven Formal Reduction Efficiency-Driven Formal Enhancement Causal Models of Formal Reduction and Enhancement Suppletion, Compositionality and the Competition of Meanings for Forms Word Order Optimization A Note on Teleology Conclusions From Trade-Offs to Causal Networks 107 107 109 111 118 128 130 132 134 136 6.1 Trade-Offs in Linguistics 136 6.2 Problems with Trade-Offs 139 6.3 From the Trade-Off between Case Marking and Word Order to a Multivariate Causal Network 144 6.4 Conclusions 151 Partili 7 Efficient Form-Meaning Mapping in Causative Constructions 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 8 The Causative Continuum More Than Just Direct and Indirect Causation Competition between Formal Parameters Diachronic Evidence An Artificial Language Learning Experiment Conclusions Differential Case Marking and Efficiency 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 8.6 8.7 9 Case Studies Differential Case Marking Cross-Linguistic Generalizations Related to Differential Case Marking Explanations of Differential Case Marking Reverse Engineering: Cross-Linguistic Generalizations and Corpus Data Development of Differential Case Marking Experimental Evidence from
Artificial Languages Conclusions Efficient Use of Function Words in English Alternations 9.1 Construction-Filler Predictability and Efficiency 9.2 Stay (at) Home, Save Lives! 153 155 155 161 175 182 187 191 193 193 195 203 208 223 226 228 230 230 232
Contents 9.3 Efficient Use of Help (to) Infinitive 9.4 Alternation Go (and) Verb 9.5 Conclusions 10 Conclusions and Perspectives Appendices Appendix 1 List of Languages in the Typological Sample Used in Chapter 7 Appendix 2 Corpus Frequencies of Different A and P from Previous Studies Used in Chapter 8 References Index ix 234 240 244 245 250 251 253 256 288 |
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